tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post57293729551831275..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: April 2 2009 1: Wake Up! Who Needs Reality?Ilargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25373281272942894332009-05-06T14:42:00.000-04:002009-05-06T14:42:00.000-04:00Official product inflation in Argentina is 10% but...Official product inflation in Argentina is 10% but real product inflation is 22%.<br /><br />The Argentinean government does not only fake inflation values but also unemployment rate values.<br /><br />When they say 7% of unemployment it means that the real value is about 12%.<br /><br />Since the global economy right now cannot help any first nor third world country, and also Argentinean Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-50321874392620397622009-04-04T17:54:00.000-04:002009-04-04T17:54:00.000-04:00Stoneleigh,Ozymandias is one of my favorite poems ...Stoneleigh,<BR/><BR/>Ozymandias is one of my favorite poems as well.Spicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-51293962908086140252009-04-03T14:02:00.000-04:002009-04-03T14:02:00.000-04:00We will have no recovery until there is a real bal...We will have no recovery until there is a real balancing in this land mass (note I do not say "country" because we will not exist as one when this occurs)...<BR/><BR/>I fear, more and more, that the 20-33% reduction in US population I've feared will become an absolute necessity for any recovery to occur.Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-2647239332254818532009-04-03T13:37:00.000-04:002009-04-03T13:37:00.000-04:00llargi and stoneleigh: Breathtaking pictures to go...llargi and stoneleigh: Breathtaking pictures to go with a superb financial blog. Marlene Dietrich singing where have all the flowers gone in german gave me cold chills. Thank you.sv kohohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058401490041584973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91399784454490754852009-04-03T13:28:00.000-04:002009-04-03T13:28:00.000-04:00@ StoneleighCould we have a discussion of who make...@ Stoneleigh<BR/>Could we have a discussion of who makes up "the herd" that are affecting the markets?<BR/>Things like "the alpha males", or "lead cow".<BR/>What makes them the "pack leaders".<BR/>jaljalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76208342918434138042009-04-03T12:10:00.000-04:002009-04-03T12:10:00.000-04:00PersephoneSo what have you got against perpetual m...Persephone<BR/><BR/>So what have you got against perpetual motion machines ? Anyway, they haven't told us they can turn base metals into gold ... yet! <BR/><BR/>goldfingered rodentiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-60428961117352331282009-04-03T11:44:00.000-04:002009-04-03T11:44:00.000-04:00This is getting ridiculous! Reality is stranger th...This is getting ridiculous! <BR/>Reality is stranger than fiction,<BR/><BR/>So, the banks that have been bailed out with Taxpayer dollars because of reckless investments in toxic assets - may now (I'm sure WITH that taxpayer $$) buying more crappy assets -from EACH OTHER!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5320OK20090403" REL="nofollow">Reuters:Bailed-out banks may Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990525279110502147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74630753575050989822009-04-03T11:25:00.000-04:002009-04-03T11:25:00.000-04:00Alan Greenhill, I quite agree with our feathered f...Alan Greenhill, <BR/><BR/>I quite agree with our feathered friend <I>we don't need no steenking-jobs</I>, alls we need is two to make a market and a third to out bid. Ring around the rosy, anyone?<BR/><BR/><BR/>inciserfull rodentiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19622465443434983602009-04-03T11:05:00.000-04:002009-04-03T11:05:00.000-04:00Ilargi and Stoneleigh, when someone starts calling...Ilargi and Stoneleigh, when someone starts calling you unamerican it usually just means you are getting noticed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-10874941781893634372009-04-03T10:26:00.000-04:002009-04-03T10:26:00.000-04:00Alan GreenhillWe don't need no steenking jobs!Ston...Alan Greenhill<BR/><BR/>We don't need no steenking jobs!<BR/><BR/>Stoneleigh has pointed out ad infinitum, and as recently as this posting, that the GSR (great suckers' rally) is totally irrational and based on herdonomic emotion with more than a dash of TPTB scam. The equities market, is a measure, over months, of the prevailing mood in the country. It is completely emotional, irrational, andel gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-64791261742022572262009-04-03T10:05:00.000-04:002009-04-03T10:05:00.000-04:00BLS estimates 663,000 jobs were lost in March, and...BLS estimates 663,000 jobs were lost in March, and the unemployment rate rose to 8.5%. At this rate we'll break 11% by December '09. One would think that would take the bloom off the bear market rally rose.Alan Greenshillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54612040320946828612009-04-03T09:10:00.000-04:002009-04-03T09:10:00.000-04:00This blog is the most patriotic thing I have come ...This blog is the most patriotic thing I have come across in some time.<BR/><BR/>Let's forget about country rhetoric for moment. We are all having a human experience regardless of what country we reside in. Truths need to be exposed, shenanigans need to be exposed, the emperors have no clothes.<BR/><BR/>There is more said in this blog that represents the words on the Statue of Liberty than Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05716828239924827486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85291265697433466812009-04-03T08:54:00.000-04:002009-04-03T08:54:00.000-04:00BTW, it's über Gräbern weht der Wind...Sag mir wo ...BTW, it's <BR/><BR/>über Gräbern weht der Wind<BR/>...<BR/>Sag mir wo die Gräber sind,<BR/><BR/>somebody forgot the R and made it "trenches" instead of "graves"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17877921070314512802009-04-03T08:53:00.000-04:002009-04-03T08:53:00.000-04:00I think the following speaks volumeshttp://zerohed...I think the following speaks volumes<BR/><BR/>http://zerohedge.blogspot.com/2009/04/fhlb-chairman-disgusted-with-fdic.html<BR/><BR/><BR/>It reminds me of a few years ago when some members of the Fed Reserve decided to step down.<BR/><BR/>A real tellcanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-42561754950956810812009-04-03T07:36:00.000-04:002009-04-03T07:36:00.000-04:00"The world is too much with us."William Wordsworth..."The world is too much with us."<BR/>William WordsworthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-83747450810720728122009-04-03T00:20:00.000-04:002009-04-03T00:20:00.000-04:00@ Big BirdWho's going to pay for all those loa...@ Big Bird<BR/><BR/>Who's going to pay for all those loans???<BR/><BR/>Why not eliminate all currency & go completely digital? Wouldn't this constitute a new order?<BR/><BR/>Cheeky BastardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71426434513059990912009-04-03T00:14:00.000-04:002009-04-03T00:14:00.000-04:00Did the ECB Save COMEX from Gold Default?Hot story...<A HREF="http://seekingalpha.com/article/129128-did-the-ecb-save-comex-from-gold-default" REL="nofollow">Did the ECB Save COMEX from Gold Default?</A><BR/><BR/>Hot story from Seeking Alpha<BR/><BR/>I guess there are morons shitting gold; they're called Central BanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37934512553727307362009-04-03T00:01:00.000-04:002009-04-03T00:01:00.000-04:00To the anon we thinks we are anti-American,I don't...To the anon we thinks we are anti-American,<BR/><BR/>I don't know where you got that idea. The notion that we oppose the US constitution is even sillier. The US founding fathers had a better understanding of issues such as where banking run amok could lead than most do today. They set in place checks and balances to limit corruption and the abuse of power, and those measures worked for a while.<Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8282940356735431842009-04-02T23:58:00.000-04:002009-04-02T23:58:00.000-04:00StoneleighWhat exactly do you mean by "Wall Street...Stoneleigh<BR/><BR/>What exactly do you mean by "Wall Street eats Main Street for breakfast?" That Wall Street will buy up industrial equities for pennies on the dollar?el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91960257096889825602009-04-02T23:53:00.000-04:002009-04-02T23:53:00.000-04:00"When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when be..."When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder." Lao TzuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63786774137600515342009-04-02T22:27:00.000-04:002009-04-02T22:27:00.000-04:00anon 8:14, I'm not going to defend Ilargi as he do...anon 8:14, I'm not going to defend Ilargi as he does that well for himself.<BR/>I can though relate to your perception. As a Cdn I am agry with the American leadership. It does not nor ever will mean I am anti-American. I am more distressed than you over your loss of civil liberty in the Patriot Act. I love my country too but feel betrayed by my gov't in its secrecy and ever increasing lack of scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22425817038891276322009-04-02T22:26:00.000-04:002009-04-02T22:26:00.000-04:00First Amendment Rights at risk?New Hampshire Judge...First Amendment Rights at risk?<BR/><A HREF="http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">New Hampshire Judge Orders ML-Implode To Divulge Identities of Anonymous Posters</A><BR/><BR/>What will I do without my Implode-O-Meter?Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990525279110502147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-42471038987238911632009-04-02T21:52:00.000-04:002009-04-02T21:52:00.000-04:00A graph showing the genesis of the new 'Negati...A graph showing the genesis of the new 'Negative Reserve Banking' system.<BR/><BR/>Required Reserves Minus Vault Cash (adjusted for inflation)<BR/><BR/>http://emsnews.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/bank-reserves-collapse1.png?w=550&h=395Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-77332153575756641082009-04-02T21:37:00.000-04:002009-04-02T21:37:00.000-04:00@ the great birdQ: Who's there who can actually ta...@ the great bird<BR/>Q: Who's there who can actually take up the loans?<BR/>A: A moron who shits gold.<BR/><BR/>A strangerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-14470204481184325432009-04-02T21:06:00.000-04:002009-04-02T21:06:00.000-04:00The Bush years were about setting up the mark, the...The Bush years were about setting up the mark, the sucker that is the American Public.<BR/><BR/>The perversely low interest rates, on money conjured from thin air with no reserves what so ever to back it up. The reserves were all gamed away at the turn of the millennium.That was the plan all along.<BR/><BR/>The great public distraction of Y2K provided the perfect cover for the death of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com